Covered 134 Kms. in 54 hours.
By Raif Karerat
A Chinese-built quadrupled-legged robot has strode into the Guinness Book of World Records after it covered a distance of 134 kilometers in 54 hours, negating the record previously held by an American robot in the process.
Constructed by a team from southwest China’s Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, the four-legged robot “Xingzhe No. 1” circled an indoor track from October 24 to 27, taking 340,000 steps before requiring a stop to recharge.
The distance the Chinese robot covered was more than twice as much as that by the former record holder, Ranger, which was developed by a team at Cornell University in the US, and the speed was 1.18 times faster, according to Xinhua.
The robot took 340,000 continuous steps over 54 hours, using 0.8 kwh of power.
Li said that the overall task was not simply to extend the length the robot can trek, but rather, to study electrical efficiency, increase the robot’s reliability and possibly, enabling the robots to perform dangerous, remotely controlled missions in place of a human being.
“We can apply the technology and processes involved to a wide range of robotic devices, to make them more efficient, durable and reliable. In the future we could begin to use these robots for dangerous or remote tasks,” said project leader Li Qingdu.